Adjustable hat or cap.



C. I. MINKOPF L L. KRONTHAL.

ADJUSTABLE HAT 0R GAP.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1,1'911.

1,014,505, Patented Jan. 9, l1912.

ATORNEYS UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

CHARLES I..MINKOFF AND LOUIS KRONTHAL, F NEW YORK, N. Y.'

ADJUSTABLE HAT OR CAP.

Specification of Letters 'Patent Patented Jan. 9,1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES I. MINKoFF and LoUI's KRONTHAL, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of the city of New York, borough ofManhattan, in the county vand State of New York, have invented a new andImproved Adjustable Hat or Cap, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

Our invention relates generally to wearing apparel, and moreparticularly to an adjustable hat or cap having. a band of peculiarconstruction whereby it is adapted to be worn by people with differentsized heads.

The object of our invention is to provide an adjustable hat or cap ofnew and improved construction having the band s0 made that it willtightly fit the heads of 2Q different people or of people who ordinarilyrequire hats or caps of diilerent sizes, thereby providing an article ofa single design, a cap or hat, which does away with .the necessity ofseveral sizes.

A further object of our invention is to provide an adjustable band forhats or caps constructed and arranged so that the band may be lengthenedor shortened, thereby adapting itto the heads of persons requiring hatsor caps of diii'erent sizes.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis speciication, in which similar characters of reference denotecorresponding parts all the views,.and in which- Figure l is aperspective view of one form `of cap embodying our invention; Fig. 2 isa partial side view of the interior of one side of the band; Fig. 3 is ahorizontal seciontl View showing the construction of the Referringparticularly to the figures, the band 1 is of a single length ofmaterial, one end thereof, as 2, being connected to one end of anelastic member, such as a piece of rubber 3, the other end 4 of therubber or elastic being secured at a suitable oint to the band 1. Thefree end 5 of the and beyond the point where it is connected to the end4 of the rubber is continued around the outside in order to cover therubber or band 3 and the point 6 of this end portion is suitablyattached to one end of another piece of elastic material 7 which issecured at its other end to the outside of the band 1 in any suitablemanner such as a button 8.

In order to properly position the free end 5 of the band relatively tothe major portion l a suitable strap 9 is provided which is secured tothe band 1, the end portion 5 passing under the strap as shownparticularly in Fig. 1.

In the drawings we have shown our band bers 3 and 10; the second piecel0 may bc positioned thereon at any suitable point but preferably willbe at a point opposite to that ofthe member 3. This second elasticmember 10 may be arranged in a mannerY similar to the member 3, that is,the one end portion of the band 1 adjacent this member may be continuedon around opposite to the band 1, and secured thereto in a mannersimilar to thatadjacent the elastic member 3. Such a construction is, infact, a double elastic band and is particularly well adapted to capshaving peaks thereon so that these free ends may be positioned'onopposite sides of the peak, thereby rendering each side of the capuniform.

The material ofwhich the different parts of the hat or cap' are made' isnot of importance as the inventive idea may be applied to hats or capsused for different purp`oses without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

The elastic member-may be connected directly to the end portions of thehat or cap band, in which case it is unnecessary to have one end of theband lying outside of another portion of the band, and, in which case,it would also be possible to do away with the elastic material 7 and thebutton 8. As a matter of fact the b and may contain a pluralityxofelastic portions or pieces of rubber suitably positioned there-around inorder to arrive atan article which falls within the spirit of theinvention, it being unnecessary to provide the particular constructinshown in the drawings. Having thus described our invent-ion` We claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent z- An adjustable band forcaps or hats having an elastic member attached to one end' thereof, theother end of the said member being secured to nintermediate portion ofnames to this specification in the presence of the band, the end portionof the band be tWo subscribing Witnesses. A yond the said point ofintermediate connection being continued along and outside of CHARLES I'MINKOFF 5 the opposite end portion of the band, to- LOUIS KRQNTHALgether with means for elastically securing Witnesses:

the said end of the band in position. l PHILLIP D. RoLLHAUs,

In testimony whereof We have signed our LAURENCE J. GALLAGHER.

